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Publication details [#20344]

Haverkate, Henk. 1988. Politeness strategies in verbal interaction: An analysis of directness and indirectness in speech acts. Semiotica 71 (1-2) : 59–71.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

indirect speech act | politeness

Journal WWW

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Annotation

The author argues that decomposition of speech acts produces an appropriate model for describing politeness phenomena at a micro-level. The strategies involved in politeness can be formally analyzed in terms of the distinction between direct and indirect speech acts.